Header for cigar-bunch-rolling machines.



N0. 63I,333. Patented Aug. 22, I899.

R. M. RUSSELL.

HEADER FOB CIGAR BUNCH ROLLING MACHINES.

(Application filed Dec. 10, 1897. Renewed Apr. 20, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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No. 63!,333. Patented Aug. 22, I899. R. lll'. RUSSELL, HEADER FOR CIGAR BUNCH ROLLING MACHINES.

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ROSS M. RUSSELL, OF BINGI-IAMTON, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEYES BAKER CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HEADER FOR CIGAR-BUNCH-ROLLING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,333, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed December 10, 1897- Renewed April 20, 1899. Serial No. 713,753. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: View showing the header open, the movable Be it known that I, Ross M. RUSSELL, of section lowered, and the nicker thrown for- Binghamton, in the county of Broome, in the ward'into its operative position. Fig. 6 is an State of New York, have invented new and elevation looking into the header cavity, 5 useful Improvements in Headers for Cigarshowing the reciprocating section raised. Bunch-Rolling Machines, of which the fol- Fig. 7isalike view showingthesame lowered. lowing, taken in connection with the accom- The bed 2,the frame 3,apron 4,pressure-roller panying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact 5, and wrapper-stretcher 6 are all old, being description. here shown only for illustration, as they can 10 My invention relates to cigar-bunch-rolling be varied according to the style or class of machines, and particularly to headers thercany rolling-machine. for. The paste-reservoir 7, conduit 8, valve-le- My object is to provide such a machine with ver 9 and its cam accessories, draw-rod 10, asectional header, one section of which is stafinger-lever 11, stops 12 13, and retracting- I5 tionary and the other is vertically reciprospring 14 are not strictly part of this invencated continuously to strike percussively tion, but are the subject-matter of my sepaupon the head of the rotating bunch, whereby rate'application, filed December 2, 1897, Sethe stock therein is compacted without twistrial No. 660,467, for the pasting mechanism, ing, smoothed exteriorly, and rounded up to a and are here shown because the nicker is here 2o true taper, allbeing thus gathered and shaped shown as connected to and advanced and rejust ahead of the wrapper, and then as the tracted thereby; but it is evident that it can wrapper is Wound thereon it is gathered, all be thus advanced and retracted in many difwrinkles are smoothed out and stretched ferent ways. and drawn smoothly over the surface of the The stationary section 15 of the header is 25 head and finished smooth by the continuous suitably mounted upon the bed and is propercussion of said movable section or packer vided with an interior recess of the proper and shaper and its compacting and smoothshape for the head of the cigar to be rolled, ing action upon the head singly and upon the and 16 is the movable or vibratory section, head and the wrapper together asthe latter concaved on lines concentric, orsubstantially 8o 0 is progressively wound thereon, such action so, with the recess in the stationary section. being quick and incisive in order not to se- Upon an upright 17, erected upon the bed, riously stop or retard the rotation ofthe a vibratory arm 18 is suitably hung or mountbunch, the primary action being to draw the ed, as at 19, to which the movable section is head toapredetermined shape and size analosecured. This arm is suitably prepared to 5 gous to the drawing of a piece of metal in a properly receive or be engaged by an eccendie. I also provide a nicker-knife mounted tric 20 upon a shaft 21, suitably journaled in to be reciprocated longitudinally upon the a bearing 22, erected upon said bed, which is I vibratory arm which carries the reciprocadriven by the pulley 23, belt 24, and drivetory header-section, whereby said nicker is pulley 25 upon the shaft 26, which is driven o o brought forward into position to nick the in any suitable manner. (Not here shown.)

Wrapper by a succession of blows and is then When the bed is a part of a traversing carretracted out of cutting position. riage, the drive-pulley is elongated according It is constructed as follows, reference being to the distance of such traverse. Upon the had to the accompanying drawings, in which side of the arm 18 the nicker-knife 27 is 5 Figure 1 is an end elevation of part of a mounted by a slot and screw or pin joint 28, cigar -bunch rolling machine suflicient to being thus free to bereciprocated. It is also show the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top suitably connected to a shifter-arm 29 upon plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation a rock-shaft 30, provided with a crank 31, thereof. Fig.4 is a sectional elevation showconnected by a rod 32 to the valve-lever 9, I00 50 ing the headeropen,theheader-section raised, whereby when said finger-lever is pressed and the nicker retracted. Fig. 5 is a like down the rod 32 is forced forward, rocking said shaft, swinging the arm 29 forward, which throws the nicker forward into operative position, and when said lever is released said spring operates to retract said nicker. This nicker-shifting mechanism is here shown as operated by the pasting mechanism; butit is evident that the nickercan be reciprocated upon said vibratory arm in many other ways.

It will be seen that as soon as the head of a hunch is placed in the headerand its rotation begins the movable section will be vertically vibrated,striking continuouslya succession of percussive blows thereon, and thus im parting such blows to the head uniformly at all points as it rotates, and thus by percussion continuously compacting, smoothing, and shaping said rotating head, and then as the winding of the wrapper reaches this smoothed and shaped head the movable section will exert its percussive force continuously upon the wrapper to smooth it, removing all wrinkles, and cause it to be wound closely around the head, and at the same time prevents all twisting of either the filler, hinder, or wrapper or tearing of the wrapperand finishes the head properly. At the proper time the operator throws the nicker forward, and the wrapper is nicked by the succession of cuts made without being held at any one time long enough to be torn. A groove or recess 33 in the bed permits the nicker to be vertically vibrated without damage when retracted.

I do not limit myself to any particular direction of movement for the movable section. It willbe seen that it may also bear any desired ratio in size to that of the stationary section and that the percussive means are connected to and cooperate with the bunch-rolling mechanism and are not separate from or operated independently of the cigar-forming or bunch-rolling mechanism, but are simultaneously operated therewith, and their propelling or operating power is continuously applied during the entire rotation of the bunch, only stopping whenever the bunch ceases to be revolved.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, a header comprising a stationary and a continuouslyanovable section, both recessed interiorl y, combined with a bunch-rolling mechanism, and means to vibrate said movable section to automatically compact the rotating bunch-head by percussion.

2. In a cigar-bunchrolling machine, a header comprising a stationary and a continuously-vibrating section exerting a percussion force upon the head of a rotating bunch in the stationary section, atan angle to its axis of rotation and means to vibrate said movable section to automatically compact it against the stationary section.

3. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, the combination with a bu nch-rolling mechanism, of an interiorly-recessed stationary headersection, a continuously-vibratory arm, and a header-section thereon acting percussively upon the head of a bunch in the stationary section and means to vibrate said arm and movable section together.

4. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, the combination with a bunch-rolling mechanism, of an interiorly-recessed stationary header havingaportioncutaway,andacontinuouslyoperated vibratory bar playing through said cut-away portion to automatically deal a succession of blows continuously upon the head of a revolving bunch, and compact it against the stationary section, and means to vibrate said bar.

5. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, the combination with a bunch-rolling mechanism, of a header open on one side interiorly recessed,and a continuously and automatically vibrating striker whereby a continuous succession of blows is struck upon the head of a bunch rotating in said header, shaping it by percussion, and means to vibrate said striker.

(3. In a cigar-bunch-rolling machine, the combination with a bunch-rolling mechanism, of a vibratory arm, and a nicker mounted thereon whereby a wrapper is automatically nicked by a succession of cuts made by said nicker, and whereby the nick is cut upon a curved line.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of November, 1897.

ROSS M. RUSSELL.

In presence of- C. W. SMITH, HOWARD P. DENIsoN. 

